Ali Vakili Rad

Ali Vakili Rad was an Iranian agent who, on 6 August 1991, took part in the murder of former Prime Minister of Iran Shapour Bakhtiar in Suresnes, Paris, France. Rad, Zeynalabedine Sarhadi, and another assassin killed Bakhtiar and his secretary, and Rad and Sarhadi were arrested in Switzerland. In December 1994, Rad was sentenced to life imprisonment, but he was paroled on 19 May 2010 and was received as a hero on his return to Iran.